No. 1 Cowgirls Get Road Win Over No. 37 BYU

Oklahoma State's top-ranked women's tennis team completed the weekend sweep with a 5-2 win over No. 37 BYU Saturday in Provo, Utah.

The Cowgirls improve to 15-0 on the season and 4-0 in conference play with the win, marking their second-best start to a season in program history, behind only 1981 (18-0).

The match began with doubles, where Oklahoma State dropped its first doubles point in its last 10 matches. BYU's Kendall Kovick and Emilee Astle knocked off the No. 5 pairing of Anastasiya Komar and Ange Oby Kajuru, 6-2, on court one.

On court three, Kara Wheatley and Tina Li of the Cougars took down Safiya Carrington and Kristina Novak, 6-2, to secure the doubles point for BYU.

OSU's Raquel Gonzalez and Ayumi Miyamoto led on court two as the point was clinched, 5-4, over Kaavya Sawhney and Bobo Huang.

WiTh the Cowgirls trailing by one, the match continued with singles. No. 4 Kajuru got OSU on the board with a dominant win on court two, defeating Li, 6-0, 6-1.

No. 89 Carrington followed that with a win on court four, defeating Jacque Dunyon 7-5, 6-1. No. 7 Komar put the Cowgirls one point shy of clinching the match with a 6-2, 6-3, win over No. 74 Huang on court one.

Novak wasted no time clinching the match for OSU on court six, getting a dominant win over Smith, 6-1, 6-0, to seal the deal.

BYU claimed one more point as Kovick defeated No. 54 Lucia Peyre on court three, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, but No. 84 Miyamoto finished off the match with a 6-3, 6-4, win on court five over Wheatley.

Oklahoma State will be back at home next weekend to take on TCU and Baylor looking to stay undefeated on the season.

Singles competition

1. No. 7 Anastasiya Komar (OSU) def. No. 74 Bobo Huang (BYU) 6-2, 6-3

2. No. 4 Ange Oby Kajuru (OSU) def. Tina Li (BYU) 6-0, 6-1

3. Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. No. 54 Lucia Peyre (OSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

4. No. 89 Safiya Carrington (OSU) def. Jacque Dunyon (BYU) 7-5, 6-1

5. No. 84 Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) def. Kara Wheatley (BYU) 6-3, 6-4

6. Kristina Novak (OSU) def. Madison Smith (BYU) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Kendall Kovick and Emilee Astle (BYU) def. No. 5 Anastasiya Komar and Ange Oby Kajuru (OSU) 6-2

2. Ayumi Miyamoto and Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) v. Kaavya Sawhney and Bobo Huang (BYU) 5-4, unfinished

3. Kara Wheatley and Tina Li (BYU) def. Safiya Carrington and Kristina Novak (OSU) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,4,1,6,3,5)